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Keep the wasabi, I'll take the fish eggs. Although I prefer smelt roe on my maki-zushi and sashimi.Col. Crackpot wrote:have you ever tried a wassabi roe? it's flying fish roe heavily drenched in wassabi. good for what ailes ya!Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:Shit like this is why I avoid fried chicken like the plague it is. Gimme a choice between fried anything with a chocolate cake and sushi with salad and I'll take my Sushi any day of the week. Mmmmm Sushiiiii......*drool*
Better taxation than regulation.Col. Crackpot wrote:once again we are shown that every problem can be solved with new or higher taxes!It recommends lower intake of sugar, sodium and artery-clogging trans-fatty acids and suggests governments set taxation and subsidy policies to promote healthy eating habits.
Which is sorta like saying "Better your foot on fire than your dick".Symmetry wrote:Better taxation than regulation.Col. Crackpot wrote:once again we are shown that every problem can be solved with new or higher taxes!It recommends lower intake of sugar, sodium and artery-clogging trans-fatty acids and suggests governments set taxation and subsidy policies to promote healthy eating habits.
The world can tell us whatever it wants to say. We reserve the right to say fuck you, lob a Tomahawk at their capital and chow down on a Wendy's triple cheeseburger.SirNitram wrote:Gotta love the stuff trumpetted here. It's wrong to say what's right for John Public(Apparently, all Doctors are Great Satan), it's wrong to tell citizens of a sovereign nation something(Something the US itself does whenever it's handy for their goals), and, of course, it's all evil because the evil left wing has lied. Obesity is good.
As usual, disgusted.
And I reserve the right to call you a moron. What's your point?revprez wrote:The world can tell us whatever it wants to say. We reserve the right to say fuck you, lob a Tomahawk at their capital and chow down on a Wendy's triple cheeseburger.SirNitram wrote:Gotta love the stuff trumpetted here. It's wrong to say what's right for John Public(Apparently, all Doctors are Great Satan), it's wrong to tell citizens of a sovereign nation something(Something the US itself does whenever it's handy for their goals), and, of course, it's all evil because the evil left wing has lied. Obesity is good.
As usual, disgusted.
Right backatchya.SirNitram wrote:And I reserve the right to call you a moron.
Americans can respond to the world just as forcefully, and more so, as the world can respond to us.What's your point?
Well, things like this UN report on obesity are the reason many Americans don't give a shit about what the world thinks.Illuminatus Primus wrote:Goddamn, revprez, this is why people think Americans are such fucking bastards.
You're right, we do. Except for lobbing the Tomahawk, that's just fucked up. But just because we don't want to hear something, doesn't mean we shouldn't hear it. But when we complain about how Fast Food's making us fat, when we die at 60 because our hearts just quit, when we can't fit into an airplane seat because we're too fat, then what? They blame the government.revprez wrote: The world can tell us whatever it wants to say. We reserve the right to say fuck you, lob a Tomahawk at their capital and chow down on a Wendy's triple cheeseburger.
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Well I don't know. There's nothing the French could possibly say that couldn't be said by somebody else.Xenophobe3691 wrote:You're right, we do. Except for lobbing the Tomahawk, that's just fucked up. But just because we don't want to hear something, doesn't mean we shouldn't hear it.
All good arguments for dismantling the Nanny State that encourages such dependency on state solutions to personal problems.But when we complain about how Fast Food's making us fat, when we die at 60 because our hearts just quit, when we can't fit into an airplane seat because we're too fat, then what? They blame the government.
Usually they blame the fast food places first. The idea that the government needs to make us change our eating habits is a complete abandonment of the idea of personal responsibility. People have been suckered into believing that they're helpless to change their situation without running to a lawyer or their congressman to get even.Xenophobe3691 wrote:You're right, we do. Except for lobbing the Tomahawk, that's just fucked up. But just because we don't want to hear something, doesn't mean we shouldn't hear it. But when we complain about how Fast Food's making us fat, when we die at 60 because our hearts just quit, when we can't fit into an airplane seat because we're too fat, then what? They blame the government.revprez wrote: The world can tell us whatever it wants to say. We reserve the right to say fuck you, lob a Tomahawk at their capital and chow down on a Wendy's triple cheeseburger.
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And this is the point people need to drive home to the critics of "personal responsibility." I'm a big smoker and big drinker. I know the health risks, I know the costs associated with those risks. I've decided to accept them because 1) I can, 2) I like smoking and drinking and 3) everybody dies--it's just a matter of when. Unfortunately, the critics figure that if people aren't conforming to what they perceive to be an acceptable standard of healthiness, then these people aren't getting the message. The result is increasing encroachment in my freedom to enjoy smoking and drinking, regardless of how well I maintain my body.Joe wrote:This is idiotic. No one in America seriously believes fast food is good for you, so what's the point in acting like we need to have the UN dictate that fact to us?
Because quite obviously a large chunk of the populace doesn't grasp that simple premise and is dragging your country down in the ol' health department.Joe wrote:This is idiotic. No one in America seriously believes fast food is good for you, so what's the point in acting like we need to have the UN dictate that fact to us?
Or, perhaps, a large chunk (a majority now) don't give a damn.Admiral Valdemar wrote:Because quite obviously a large chunk of the populace doesn't grasp that simple premise and is dragging your country down in the ol' health department.
Well, like Dennis Leary said. We've got the bomb. We've also got 40% of the population that isn't obese.I have no problems with the US ignoring this advice, I'll just laugh when you're all incapable of getting up for that next McMuffin at breakfast and have to spend half your income on health insurance to cover bypass ops that may just allow you to live past 30, provided you move around via a dumper truck.
Everybody dies. It's just a matter of when.Just remember who has the fattest people on the planet and just how many die from such ailments and how that costs your economy.
Which only proves that you're an idiot.revprez wrote:And this is the point people need to drive home to the critics of "personal responsibility." I'm a big smoker and big drinker.Joe wrote:This is idiotic. No one in America seriously believes fast food is good for you, so what's the point in acting like we need to have the UN dictate that fact to us?
No, you accept them because your immature mind does not entirely accept your own mortality. On a subconscious level, you have trouble getting over your belief that you are invincible. You call yourself "street warrior", for fuck's sake. That says it all.I know the health risks, I know the costs associated with those risks. I've decided to accept them because 1) I can, 2) I like smoking and drinking and 3) everybody dies--it's just a matter of when.
Or that you're a health nazi. ObligatoryDarth Wong wrote:Which only proves that you're an idiot.
added.Sure, something like that.No, you accept them because your immature mind does not entirely accept your own mortality.
I thought it looked better than "Village Idiot."On a subconscious level, you have trouble getting over your belief that you are invincible. You call yourself "street warrior", for fuck's sake. That says it all.
Fine by me, I'm hoping they enjoy their slobby and painful lives as beached whales in the future.revprez wrote: Or, perhaps, a large chunk (a majority now) don't give a damn.
Dennis Leary is a fucking idiot then, whoever he is. And having more than half the population (which I even doubt is the right figure now) obese is not a Good Thing(TM). Ever seen a fat workforce pull weight other than the 250 pounds already on their frame?Well, like Dennis Leary said. We've got the bomb. We've also got 40% of the population that isn't obese.
No shit. That's a bloody cop out. So I guess that justifies not giving a shit about anything, smoking until your lungs have more tar in them than the local motorway and drinking until your liver throttles your brain from self-preservation. With that pathetic attitude, you may as well not give a shit for anything, I mean, we're all made from the same decaying organic matter as everything else, Mr. Durden, so who gives a shit?
Everybody dies. It's just a matter of when.
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With cable and beer, what more do they need?Admiral Valdemar wrote:Fine by me, I'm hoping they enjoy their slobby and painful lives as beached whales in the future.
Funny comedian from Boston. He wrote that asshole song somebody posted in this thread.Dennis Leary is a fucking idiot then, whoever he is.
Well, this fat work force is already kicking ass when it comes to productivity. In manufacturing, we're No. 5 (behind Taiwan, Korea, France and Sweden [wtf?]).And having more than half the population (which I even doubt is the right figure now) obese is not a Good Thing(TM). Ever seen a fat workforce pull weight other than the 250 pounds already on their frame?
Well I'm sure I have a lot to live for, but I don't feel pressed to choose right now.No shit. That's a bloody cop out. So I guess that justifies not giving a shit about anything, smoking until your lungs have more tar in them than the local motorway and drinking until your liver throttles your brain from self-preservation. With that pathetic attitude, you may as well not give a shit for anything, I mean, we're all made from the same decaying organic matter as everything else, Mr. Durden, so who gives a shit?
Well, I'm not exactly gunning to pick the time of my death. At least with cancer and slerosis, it's a gamble.Hell, I think I'll go and drink some Toilet Duck, I'm thoroughly apathetic about my life space provided I get a kick out of it.
